GameStop Offers $200 Credit for Trading a Switch for a Switch

Trade-in offers at video game stores can be really helpful when you want to invest in a new console, but don't have the funds to purchase one. Typically, you lot tin take in a final-generation machine and merchandise it for some shop credit to use against the new purchase. GameStop's latest trade-in offer is a bit of a head scratcher, though.

If yous visit GameStop'south merchandise page today, the top offer is $200 of credit when you trade-in a Nintendo Switch, but you and so use that credit to buy... a Nintendo Switch. You'll but get the full $200 if your Switch is in "total working condition," which begs the question: why are yous trading it in?

GameStop Switch for Switch Trade-In Deal

The offer would make more sense if Nintendo had refreshed the Switch with an updated model, but that hasn't happened still, so what's the deal hither? Kotaku put that very question to GameStop and they duly responded.

The Switch for Switch trade-in is apparently aimed at gamers "who may desire to be updated to one of the newly released Nintendo Switch bundles such as the Nintendo Switch Diablo III Eternal Collection." Or that want to play on a Switch with "a custom feel." In other words, if you want ane of the Switch bundles, or special editions with artwork on the Switch casing, then GameStop is happy to help you buy the same system all again.

$200 of credit may seem quite generous, simply then GameStop sells pre-owned Switch consoles for $279.99, so it'southward an instant $80 of profit on re-sale. You also take to consider how much a new Switch console costs. The standard Switch is $299.99, where as the bundles vary in toll depending on the game. For instance, the Fortnite Double Helix packet costs $299.99, the Diablo III Eternal Collection bundle is $359.99, and the Pikachu & Eevee Edition bundle is $399.99.

Unless you badly demand to have one of the bundles, or your Switch has an abrasive scratch on the screen you don't want to look past anymore, I'd suggest waiting to encounter what Nintendo does adjacent with the Switch. There take been reports of a Switch hardware refresh planned for 2022.